I do appreciate it. They are talking about it on media outlets I didn't have plans to market the movie to. They are helping me out.

Most people I've talked to are convinced that they're not getting valuable information from news media anymore. I'm not talking about tinfoil-hatters either, these are intelligent people who believe their news media has failed them.

They all come off as the Great Sphinx because they have marching orders about not talking to the media.

This election shows how Koizumi is in a league of his own in his political skills and media savvy. He did the impossible. He managed to convince the electorate that his party, which was opposed to his own reforms, was for change, and that the Democratic Party, which was a party founded for reform, was against change.

You're on such thin ice there. You're talking about people's associations and reputations. I don't think they're malicious in any way. I think they're just doing their job. But they've hurt people with the mistakes they've made.

After that, I don't know when we'll get some more. When they (distributors) start talking about allocating gasoline, there may be a shortage, ... well, you know what that means.